The Complete A-Z Of Wrestling In 2018

by Michael Hamflett

1. Z - Zack Sabre Jr

Zack Sabre Jr Toru Yano
NJPW

The British submission specialist took absolutely no sh*t in 2018, making the most of NJPW's favourable booking to cut some p*ss-funny promos on some of the world's elite performers he stretched them into ungodly levels of suffering. The Suzuki-Gun shooter scored some enormous wins too, toppling Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito and Tomohiro Ishii during powerful performances in the New Japan Cup and G1 Climax.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett